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The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... impacts. Debby Blakey, CEO HESTA As discussed in a podcast jointly produced by The Sustainability Report and Pro Bono Australia, affordable housing is an area of significant interest as an investment opportunity and as a situation where collaboration ...

ACCR highlights lack of transparency in political donations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... indirect political donations. ACCR has released a report examining the level of disclosure around political donations in Australia, with a focus on fossil fuel companies. The report found that there is not sufficient transparency around direct donations ...

ARENA funds Southern Oil Refining biofuel lab pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... million and is scheduled for completion in March 2019. There is "clear potential" for biofuel production and refining in Australia, said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "Our agricultural industries have an abundance of plant waste that can be ideal biocrude ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... difficult" for a company board to presume that climate change will have no material impact on their business. Within Australia, directors are expected to apply "due care and diligence" to evaluating material risks of climate change - "to appropriately ...

Women comprise 42% of 2016 ASX200 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... However, currently 20 companies in the ASX200 do not have any female directors at all. AICD, among other industry bodies in Australia, back a target calling for 30% of company directorships to be held by women by 2018. Their report counts number of women ...

Local Councils "missing out" on clean energy solutions: CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Australian councils are "missing out" on lower cost, clean energy solutions and should consider how to improve their infrastructure for better energy performance, according to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The CEFC has published a new market ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives ARENA grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... progressing investments in local councils across the state, including a 15kW solar installation and lighting upgrade for Keech Australia in Bendigo as well as solar installations for cold storage sites in Shepparton and manufacturing sites in Melbourne. ...

Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... approaches, it will take 117 years to achieve global gender parity." "If you actually look at board rooms, and I'll put an Australia lens on here, everybody acknowledges that this is an important issue - there aren't too many companies that wouldn't ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Dimensional Fund Advisors has launched the Global Sustainability Trust in Australia and New Zealand which combines environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations with the firm's core equity selection methodology. Dimensional Fund Advisors ...

Sandfire Resources completes DeGrussa Solar Power Project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
A solar and battery storage project at a Sandfire Resources mine in remote Western Australia has become fully operational, becoming the largest off-grid solar PV system in Australia. Sandfire Resources' DeGrussa Solar Plant is now operational (photo ...